The Ambush

 I continue today where I left off yesterday. This is Ottawa, by Pegi Nicol MacLeod. She was a civilian commissioned by the National Gallery to document women in the armed forces during the Second World War. This vibrant work includes landmarks of the city as seen from the south end of Confederation Square.

Here we have Salmon In The Galley, a 1944 work by MacLeod.

The Cold War would see subtle shifts in art by women in regards to the military.

This portrait by Brenda Bury dates to 1959, and is Major Edna Esther Andrews.

Here we have Weapons Technician, a 1980 work by Catherine de Wolfe.

This is The Ambush, a 1979 painting by Judith Hamilton.

Rainbow in Esquimalt is by Barbara Greene, depicting a Canadian submarine at its home port.

This painting is titled God Speed, a 1991 work by Mary Leach and Wendy Threthewey.

I finish today with this large portrait. One Way Passage is by Barbara Tosh, done in 2001, depicting her war bride mother Dorothy Hope.